Rachel turned to look at me, her red editing pen hovering an inch above the file folder.

“Claire, state law allows full financial recovery when marital funds are taken without consent,” Rachel said.

“He gets his legal share of the actual cash left in our joint checking account,” I said.

“Three thousand two hundred dollars.”

Mark raised his head, his brow furrowing as he looked across the table at me.

“That’s all you’re offering?” Mark asked.

“You’ll take sole personal liability for the fifteen-thousand-dollar credit line you forged in my name,” I said.

“And you’ll absorb the forty-two thousand dollars you gave away.”